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Tired Drivers

  • 20-04-2023 7:04pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭Benmann


    The RSA say a tired driver shoud have a caffeine drink and a 15 minute sleep in a safe place. Where is considered a safe place, can you sleep in your car in a supermarket car park? And can you be in the driver's seat when you nap after the caffeine drink?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,709 ✭✭✭blackbox


    I would consider a safe place to be one where you are unlikely to be hit by another vehicle.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,148 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    Just stay parked wherever you bought the drink (once you're not blocking petrol pumps)

    Lock your doors, put keys in your pocket...pick whatever seat is most comfortable.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    I would suggest that you map before the caffeine drink.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭Boardnashea


    And it give you an extra few minutes/half hour but the eyelids will be drooping again before long. Get off the road or have a proper break ASAP.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,286 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Do you know more about this than the RSA? They know that the caffeine takes some time to kick in.



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  • Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,774 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    The idea is that caffeine takes some time to be metabolised and you should spend that time getting rest. Then when you wake up, the caffeine should have kicked in and prevent you feeling sleepy. It's based, I think, on very old science though.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭NUTLEY BOY


    Coffee or not, or it's effects on any individual, just remember that you should not drive if you are unfit to do so for any reason including tiredness.

    It is the decision of the individual motorist whether or not to drive. The consequences can be catastrophic where the decision to drive is made negligently and there is an accident consequent upon poor judgment or plain old falling asleep at the wheel.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    I’ll stick with the Cleveland Clinic’s estimate of 15 mins which is not enough time to settle into a nap of any significance. The caffeine might take longer to kick in after the nap but it’s better to get the rest than to be excessively stimulated.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 644 ✭✭✭TheWonderLlama


    Rail some coke, be grand.



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